If because they expect the central bank to disinflate, people reduce their inflation expectations, then is the sacrifice ratio larger or smaller the otherwise? Defend your answer by referring to the Phillips curve
The sacrifice ratio will be smaller because unemployment will rise by less. Unemployment will rise by less because if expected inflation falls, the short run Phillips curve shifts left which means that the unemployment rate will be lower at any given level of inflation.
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